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Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor

Maybe someday

45

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

73/100

Critics

17/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Kim Kelly

Publisher:

Atria/One Signal Publishers

Date:

April 26, 2022

"Teen Vogue" columnists and independent labor reporter Kim Kelly excavates that untold history and shows how the rights the American worker has today—the forty-hour workweek, workplace-safety standards, restrictions on child labor, protection from harassment and discrimination on the job—were earned with literal blood, sweat, and tears.

What The Reviewers Say

Colleen Mondor,
Booklist
... freshly inclusive.
Thomas J. Davis,
Library Journal
Focusing on women and workers of color, invariably low-paid physical laborers, Kelly’s episodic survey details workplace contributions of usually ignored but essential folk.

Publishers Weekly
hedding new light on key players and episodes within a diverse range of industries—from textile and trucking to sex work—this invigorating labor history is also a powerful call for today’s workers to fight for their rights..